Preserved Film Movies

  • 1939
    Drums Along the Mohawk

    Drums Along the Mohawk

    Drums Along the Mohawk

    6.51939HD

    Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing...

    Drums Along the Mohawk
  • 1928
    The Racket

    The Racket

    The Racket

    6.61928HD

    A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

    The Racket
  • 1944
    Wilson

    Wilson

    Wilson

    5.51944HD

    The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey,...

    Wilson
  • 1959
    Window Water Baby Moving

    Window Water Baby Moving

    Window Water Baby Moving

    6.8861959HD

    On a winter's day, a woman stretches near a window then sits in a bathtub of water. She's happy. Her lover is nearby; there are close ups of her...

    Window Water Baby Moving
  • 1977
    Harlan County U.S.A.

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    7.4561977HD

    This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973....

    Harlan County U.S.A.
  • 1960
    Devi

    Devi

    Devi

    7.51960HD

    A devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation of the Goddess Kali and begins worshipping her.

    Devi
  • 1961
    Underworld U.S.A.

    Underworld U.S.A.

    Underworld U.S.A.

    71961HD

    A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.

    Underworld U.S.A.
  • 1955
    Tight Spot

    Tight Spot

    Tight Spot

    6.31955HD

    A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the...

    Tight Spot
  • 1960
    Primary

    Primary

    Primary

    6.41960HD

    Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to...

    Primary
  • 1953
    Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street

    7.41953HD

    In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her...

    Pickup on South Street
  • 1942
    The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    5.81942HD

    The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox...

    The Battle of Midway
  • 1949
    The Reckless Moment

    The Reckless Moment

    The Reckless Moment

    6.81949HD

    After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

    The Reckless Moment
  • 1925
    Little Annie Rooney

    Little Annie Rooney

    Little Annie Rooney

    6.91925HD

    A feisty little girl, the daughter of a beat cop, faces the challenges of growing up in a tough city neighborhood. Preserved by the Academy Film...

    Little Annie Rooney
  • 1953
    The Moon Is Blue

    The Moon Is Blue

    The Moon Is Blue

    6.31953HD

    Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her...

    The Moon Is Blue
  • 1982
    Burden of Dreams

    Burden of Dreams

    Burden of Dreams

    7.5651982HD

    The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems...

    Burden of Dreams
  • 1989
    Water and Power

    Water and Power

    Water and Power

    71989HD

    A reflection between nature and man in Los Angeles about the city's surroundings' desertification due to enormous water consumption.

    Water and Power
  • 1964
    World Without Sun

    World Without Sun

    World Without Sun

    6.41964HD

    Fascinating underwater documentary filmed with hand-held cameras by frogmen and mostly filmed in deep-water seas from within a special designed...

    World Without Sun
  • 1967
    Portrait of Jason

    Portrait of Jason

    Portrait of Jason

    6.5811967HD

    Interview with Jason Holliday aka Aaron Payne. House-boy, would-be cabaret performer, and self-proclaimed hustler giving one man's gin-soaked,...

    Portrait of Jason
  • 1930
    Liliom

    Liliom

    Liliom

    6.81930HD

    A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the young woman becomes pregnant, the carousel barker...

    Liliom
  • 1959
    The Crimson Kimono

    The Crimson Kimono

    The Crimson Kimono

    6.71959HD

    Two detectives clash over the hunt for a burlesque dancer’s killer in Los Angeles’ Japanese district.

    The Crimson Kimono